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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Pence hires outside counsel to deal with Russia probe inquiries  —  Vice President Mike Pence has hired outside legal counsel to help with both congressional committee inquiries and the special counsel investigation into possible collusion between President Trump's campaign and Russia.
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Senate intel panel to steer clear of Trump obstruction question  —  Washington Post: Mueller investigating Trump  —  (CNN)The Senate intelligence committee won't probe whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice over the FBI's investigation into his former associates and their contacts …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Mueller's revenge: “Can't fire him now”  —  Most White House officials feared Robert Mueller would go after President Trump for obstruction of justice.  —  The signs were everywhere: James Comey's testimony that Trump urged him to drop the FBI probe of Michael Flynn; Trump's forceful denial …
Graham Lanktree / Newsweek:
TRUMP TRIED TO CONVINCE NSA CHIEF TO ABSOLVE HIM OF ANY RUSSIAN COLLUSION: REPORT  —  U.S. DONALD TRUMP RUSSIA INVESTIGATION NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY  —  A recent National Security Agency memo documents a phone call in which U.S. President Donald Trump pressures agency chief Admiral Mike Rogers …
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
The bogus claim that a map of crosshairs by Sarah Palin's PAC incited Rep. Gabby Giffords's shooting  —  “Was this attack evidence of how vicious American politics has become?  Probably.  In 2011, Jared Lee Loughner opened fire in a supermarket parking lot, grievously wounding Representative Gabby Giffords …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
'We're sorry': New York Times issues correction to editorial after controversy  —  The New York Times on Thursday issued a correction to an editorial after it was widely criticized for incorrectly linking the 2011 shooting of Rep. Gabby Giffords to a map circulated by Sarah Palin's political action committee …
New York Times:
America's Lethal Politics  —  America's elected representatives enjoying America's pastime on a ball field just across the Potomac from the Capitol: A particularly American form of terror changed that idyll early Wednesday morning into what Senator Rand Paul, who was there, called “basically a killing field.”
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Disgrace: NYT Editors Recycle Debunked Palin-Giffords Lie to Give Leftists Cover (Update: Oops)
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Lobbyist for Russian interests says he attended dinners hosted by Sessions  —  Richard Burt contradicts Jeff Sessions' testimony that he didn't believe he had contacts with lobbyists working for Russian interests during Trump's campaign … An American lobbyist for Russian interests …
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Alice Ollstein / Talking Points Memo:
Report: Sessions Dined With Lobbyist For Russian Corps, Omitted It In Testimony
Discussion: The Week and Death and Taxes
New York Times:
Secrecy Surrounding Senate Health Bill Raises Alarms in Both Parties  —  WASHINGTON — As they draft legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Senate Republican leaders are aiming to transform large sections of the American health care system without a single hearing on their bill and without a formal, open drafting session.
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
I've covered Obamacare since day one.  I've never seen lying and obstruction like this.  —  Republicans do not want the country to know what is in their health care bill.  —  This has become more evident each day, as the Senate plots out a secretive path toward Obamacare repeal …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Republicans are about to make Medicare-for-all much more likely
Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
How Democrats Would Fix Obamacare
Discussion: Vox
Lenny Bernstein / Washington Post:
Why a single gunshot to Steve Scalise's hip could be life-threatening  —  For those of us who experience gun violence via movies or television, the single bullet wound to the hip that House Majority Whip Steve Scalise suffered in a ballfield shooting Wednesday would seem less serious than what could have happened to him.
Discussion: Axios and New York Magazine
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump: Scalise in ‘some trouble’ after shooting
Discussion: ABC News and Axios
Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:
Home Depot Co-Founder Bernie Marcus: I'm ‘So Worried About the Life’ of President Trump
Politico:
Day after shooting, Pelosi blasts ‘sanctimonious’ Republicans
Discussion: Breitbart
Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
The surprising number of American adults who think chocolate milk comes from brown cows  —  Seven percent of all American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows, according to a nationally representative online survey commissioned by the Innovation Center of U.S. Dairy.
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Trump Orders Government to Stop Work on Y2K Bug, 17 Years Later  —  The White House is eliminating paperwork for federal agencies  —  Federal workers still report on preparedness for year 2000  —  Seventeen years after the Year 2000 bug came and went, the federal government will finally stop preparing for it.
9news.com.au:
Leaked audio reveals Malcolm Turnbull roasting Donald Trump over ‘fake polls’ and Russia  —  Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull isn't known for being a comedian but he tried some daring Donald Trump material on a room full of journalists in Canberra last night.
EndPlay / WSB-TV:
Karen Handel, neighbors receive envelopes with ‘white powdery substance’ inside  —  ROSWELL, Ga. - Authorities were called to the neighborhood where Karen Handel lives in Roswell after suspicious envelopes were found in mailboxes Thursday afternoon.  —  Police say Roxburg Drive off Old Alabama Road …
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
We Got Our Hands On A Draft Of Milo Yiannopoulos's Book.  It's Awful.  —  There's a certain kind of book you really see only at the airport.  You know what it looks like: glossy, with an airbrushed famous person on the cover and a catchy title.  You know what it reads like: frothy …
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Inside Marco Rubio's campaign to shape Trump's Cuba crackdown  —  Facing President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio issued a blunt warning: The administration's plan to crack down on Cuba trade and travel was under threat.  —  Any effort by Trump to make good on his …
Discussion: RedState
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Daniel Ducassi / Politico:
Trump to clamp down on Cuba travel and trade
Discussion: Business Insider
David Mack / BuzzFeed:
Commerce Department Removes Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity From Equal Employment Policy  —  The department had explicitly included sexual orientation and gender identity in its anti-discrimination policies as far back as 2010.  After this story was published, the department said they will re-issue the policy.
Discussion: Refinery29, LGBTQ Nation and IJR
Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
Camille Paglia: On Trump, Democrats, Transgenderism, and Islamist Terror  —  In a wide-ranging interview Paglia talks about Donald Trump's successes, how Chuck Schumer emboldened the “resistance,” why the left can't condemn Islamist terrorism, and “the cold biological truth that sex changes are impossible.”
Discussion: TheBlaze, Althouse and Climate Depot
CNN:
Ex-North Korea detainee Otto Warmbier has ‘severe neurological injury’  — His dad rejects Pyongyang's explanation of his son's coma, criticizes Obama administration's handling of the case  —  (CNN)Recently released North Korea detainee Otto Warmbier has suffered severe neurological damage …
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
GOP congressman: Trump may lack language ‘discipline’ to avoid appearance of investigation interference  —  (CNN)Republican Rep. David Schweikert said in a radio interview Thursday that President Donald Trump might lack the language discipline to avoid giving the appearance of interfering in an investigation .
Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
Graduating senior refused to read speech written by administrators, so they withheld his diploma  —  Marvin Wright, president of his high school senior class, spent two weeks working on his graduation speech, staying up till 5 on the morning of the event to finish.
Discussion: theGrio and The Root
Trent Baker / Breitbart:
ESPN's Kellerman: NFL Is ‘Injecting Politics’ by Playing the National Anthem at Games  —  Thursday, on ESPN “First Take” co-host Max Kellerman shared his reaction to Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman Michael Bennett comparing free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick to boxing legend Muhammad Ali.
 
 
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Hill GOP stunned, disappointed Trump called their bill “mean”
Matt Egan / CNNMoney:
CEOs to Trump: You're failing
Washpostpr / Washington Post:
The Washington Post recorded 80.7 million visitors, 1 billion page views in May 2017
Terrence Dopp / Bloomberg:
Senate Votes to Limit Trump's Power to Lift Russia Sanctions
Discussion: ABC News
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
GOP Momentum Builds to Change Rules for Longer-Lasting Tax Cuts
Discussion: Political Wire
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
DOJ seizes Jim Carrey movie as part of Malaysian corruption probe
Discussion: Raw Story
Alex Gangitano / Roll Call:
Congressional Baseball Game Ticket Sales Skyrocket After Shootings
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Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg:
X sues to block California's AB 2655, aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media, claiming it impinges on free speech

John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Christopher Grimes / Financial Times:
Analysts say Netflix's live boxing match Friday night between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul is designed to get new subscribers, particularly on its ad-supported tier
 
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